The nationwide one-time law for hire cover in Berlin is controversial and is now being reviewed by the Federal and land constitutional court. Already on 6. May had brought the FDP and CDU/CSU in the Bundestag, a regulatory control action in Karlsruhe on the way. In the case of owners, the hope is now that the Rent cap is tilted to court. Then the landlords want to get their money back.

for this To work without bigger problems, trick currently, some of the owners by the rent cover and to agree with their tenants what is called a "shadow rent". The Berlin Rental is called a "second rent", the contract is agreed.

This is how it works: the renter pays for the time being, the rent to the Mietdeckeln, but he is committed to, the difference to pay – provided that the judges of the law be declared unconstitutional. Others are even calling for the Deposit of the rent cover in excess of the rent into an escrow account. The agreement is in writing. To the PDF-guide - landlord and tenant law: As set by

Since the 23. February are frozen, Rents for 1.5 million apartments in Berlin from June 2019. Starting in 2022, you may not increase by more than 1.3 percent a year. An apartment is rented again, the landlord at the new, state-defined upper limits, and the last rent demanded.

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According to the Executive Director of the rental one, Pure Wild, would deal a significant number of landlords, the rent cover in Berlin this shadow rent, and "with agreements of various kinds with the payment of rent, to secure claims for the case of unconstitutionality".

Compared with the "daily mirror" said Wild of a "massive Problem". From the point of view of the lease of the one practice with a view to the terms and conditions is not permitted by law. The Berlin Senate administration for Living differently: According to the "Checkpoint" is the shadow rent to those who believe, in principle, well-permitted by law – as a "condition precedent". The legal situation is confused. So you Finance your home, Our PDF guide shows you how to find cheap loans, pitfalls to bypass and get money from the state.To the PDF guide

Berlin landlords, such as are unsettled are you now – up to a clarification by a court procedure. The tenants ' Association recommends, therefore, generally speaking, "in claims of the landlord above the Rent cap-the rent and the independent reduction of the rent by the tenant, the amounts saved to the constitutional clarification aside, however, not to the landlord in a trust account."

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